Charles Ferguson Smith

Charles Ferguson Smith (24 April 1807-25 April 1862) was a Union Army Major-General during the American Civil War.

Biography
Charles Ferguson Smith was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1807, and he graduated from West Point in 1825 and served in the US Army artillery during the Mexican-American War, being breveted a colonel for his bravery. He later served in Minnesota and under Albert Sidney Johnston in Utah. When the American Civil War broke out, he was commissioned a Brigadier-General, and he led his raw recruits to victory at the Battle of Fort Donelson. While jumping into a rowboat, he injured his leg, forcing W.H.L. Wallace to take over his division at the Battle of Shiloh; Smith died of his injury and of dysentery in April 1862.